Both suspects were taken to a police station for questioning before being released after each posted bail of about US$590, the newspaper reported.

Symbols associated with Nazism are illegal in Germany, and individuals convicted of violating the government’s ban on using “symbols of unconstitutional organizations” risk up to three years behind bars under German law.

Hitler and his National Socialist Party ruled Germany from 1933 through 1945, and a fire at the Reichstag one month into his reign infamously served as a catalyst for his subsequent consolidation of power.